Correspondence
Found in 290 Collections and/or Records:
Hoyt collection of Ridgely papers
This collection consists of papers of various members of the Ridgley Family and related families including the Gough, Howard, Hoyt, and Yeaton families. There are also bills and receipts for the Hampton house, the Ridgley family estate. Among the materials are the papers of Family members including Captain Charles Ridgely (1733-1790), John Ridgely (1792 – 1867), Charles Ridgely (1830 – 1872), and Helen West Stewart Ridgely (1854 – 1929).
Israel Fielder papers
The Israel Fielder papers contain business and financial papers from Fielder Israel, John Robert and Thomas B. Israel, respectively, correspondence, and church records. These materials are dated between 1790 and 1916.
J. Alexis Shriver papers
The papers of J. Alexis Shriver (1872-1951) are contained in 17 boxes and number approximately 3,000 items. Shriver was a business administrator, public celebrations organizer, local history buff, and collector of manuscripts. The latter three aspects of his life are represented best in this collection, which spans the years 1790 to 1945.
J. Hall Pleasants papers
The J. Hall Pleasants Papers consist of nine series of family and business documents which span the years 1773-1957.
James Howard McHenry papers
This collection contains the James Howard McHenry papers, dated 1810-1885. The vast majority of the collection is composed of family and business correspondence, but there are also scrapbooks, clippings, and ledgers.
James McHenry papers
This collection contains five letters from James McHenry to his fiance and later wife, Margaret "Peggy" Caldwell, as well as one letter from Peggy to James, 1783-1789. Also included is an August 1776 letter to James McHenry from Dr. Benjamin Rush, James McHenry's 1781 commission from Congress as major, and an 1822 letter from John Eager Howard Jr. to his brother, Benjamin Chew Howard.
James Teackle Dennis collection
This collection spans the years 1651-1917 and is mostly an autograph collection consisting chiefly of letters written between 1768-1913 by contemporary and historical persons, usually elected MD officials as well as Revolutionary War dignitaries, Civil War combatants, U. S. Presidents, and many prominent men of the time.
Jamison papers
Jenkins family papers
Jeremiah Towney Chase papers
This collection consists primarily of correspondence and legal papers of Jeremiah Townley Chase and some papers and correspondence of his father Richard Chase.